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Taunton School students came together last week to plant a time capsule into the foundations of the new dining room redevelopment. Contributions were made from staff and students in every part of the school from the Nursery to the Sixth Form. Contents included school photos, newsletters, a USB stick loaded with interesting documents, a school…

Global climate change, poverty, inequality, plastics pollution, deforestation, desertification, migration and the rise of nationalism are all themes common to GCSE, AL and IB Geography specifications. More importantly these issues are all global issues that need a global co-ordinated approach (from this generation to the next and beyond) and this approach begins with the strong…

“The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say – we will never forgive you.” – UN Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2019. These were the powerful words of 16 year old Greta Thunberg; now famous all over the world for campaigning against climate change….

Year 11 Russian student Ilya has been assisting the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton with their Christmas Show. The 15 year old boarder from Moscow, who is also a keen drama student, was delighted to help professional actor David Martin in perfecting his Russian for the upcoming musical theatre adaptation of E. Nesbit’s quintessentially English classic,…

A group of rugby students and staff recently cycled 280 miles to raise over £2000 for local hospital, Musgrove Park in Taunton. The Taunton School squad took part in a mammoth bike challenge on static bikes based at Musgrove Park Hospital. They ‘set off’ on their journey at 7am cycling solidly for nearly 12 hours….

Four pupils from Taunton School have been crowned English School National Champions after winning their medley relay race at the London Aquatic Centre recently. Seventeen pupils  travelled to the London Aquatics Centre to represent the South West in the English Schools’ Swimming Association National Relay competition. Six relay teams had qualified for National Finals following…

15-year-old student Jacob Pengelly has recently been selected for the England Hockey U16 squad. Jacob who is in Year 11 was singled-out after training at two camps earning his place in the National squad ahead of upcoming test matches. Jacob has so far had the opportunity to play at Lilleshall National Sports Centre and most…

We were honoured to welcome renowned broadcaster and political commentator, Tim Marshall, as guest speaker at our annual ‘John Rae Lecture’. More than 160 people from local schools, the wider community and Taunton School students and staff attended in the newly refurbished theatre to hear his talk titled ‘Divided – Why we’re living in an…

It’s been a busy start to the school year in the Careers Department. With a new room and new team we quickly got the posters on the wall and started signposting students to our new location. By week three we hosted our first event – the University Student Networking Event which went down a storm…

Students at Taunton School recently took on the tough challenge of swimming across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Just before half term ten students completed an epic 5km swim across The Solent battling cold water, chop and a biting northerly wind. They have raised nearly £8000 for Aspire, the spinal injury charity. The…